In the News

Stan Meiburg, former Acting Deputy Administrator, was quoted in The New York Times about the EPA museum located in the William Jefferson Clinton building at headquarters and if it will prevail during the Trump term.

EPN’s new social media campaign #EPAFacts and website were mentioned in Politico. This new resource is designed to boost public awareness about EPA’s work.

The Sierra, Sierra Club’s magazine, quoted Michelle Roos as saying “The severity of attacks on career staff and on the basic functioning of the EPA are unprecedented.”

Debra Shore, former Regional Administrator, EPA Region 5, was quoted in Evanston Now about funding cuts to the agency will continue to be catastrophic for workforce morale and enforcing environmental statutes. 

Bill Reilly, Christine Todd Whitman, and Gina McCarthy, all former EPA Administrators, co-wrote an op-ed in The New York Times about the fundamental role EPA plays behind the scenes in enforcement, emergency response, and state support, and how Trump’s proposed budget and staff cuts will devastate the agency’s ability to operate.

Jeremy Symons, Senior Adviser to EPN, was quoted in CBS News about Trump’s plans to cut 65% of EPA’s workforce and how this will only benefit corporate polluters.

Jeremy Symons, Senior Adviser to EPN, was quoted in Politico about Trump’s plans to cut 65% of EPA’s workforce.

Michelle Roos was also quoted in Inside Climate News about budget and staffing cuts, saying, “A 65 percent cut would gut the agency and bring EPA to the lowest level of staffing since EPA was created in 1970, when the skies were dark with smog, toxic rivers caught fire and pollution was a leading cause of premature death.”

Michelle Roos was quoted in The New Lede about Trump’s original remarks to cut EPA staff by 65%. His team later clarified that they plan to cut EPA’s spending by 65%, not the workforce.

Michelle Roos was also quoted in Politico about Trump’s original remarks to cut EPA staff by 65%. His team later clarified that they plan to cut EPA’s spending by 65%, not the workforce.

Zealan Hoover, former Senior Advisor to EPA Administrator and Director of Implementation, was quoted in Time about how those benefitting from EPA grant funding are those most overburdened by pollution and how these populations span communities of all demographics.

EPN was mentioned in the Sierra Sun Times as a signee of a letter to the House of Representatives, imploring representatives to vote against the house budget resolution.

Tracey Woodruff, former EPA Senior Scientist and Policy Advisor, was quoted in The Washington Post about black plastic being unsafe when consumed at any level, despite EPA’s claims of safety at higher levels.

Jeremy Symons, Senior Adviser to EPN, was also quoted in The Michigan Public about how the laid off EPA employees in Region 5 “… are the superheroes along with first responders and everyone who mobilizes when disaster strikes.”

Michelle Roos; David Cash, former Regional Administrator, Region 1; and Denny Dart, former Environmental Engineering Manager, Region 1, were quoted about layoffs at EPA, which will affect the enforcement of environmental statutes, and the on-again off-again uncertainty surrounding EPA grants that has put hundreds of projects in jeopardy.

Matt Tejada, former Deputy Assistant Administrator, EPA Office for Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights, wrote an opinion piece in Environmental Health News about the value of environmental justice in EPA.

Zealan Hoover, former Senior Advisor to EPA Administrator and Director of Implementation, and Jeremy Symons, Senior Advisor to EPN, were quoted in Planet Detroit about EPA firing hundreds of employees in Region 5 but then reversing the firings for some. 

Stan Meiburg, former Acting Deputy Administrator, was quoted in E&E News about Trump’s Executive Order Canceling the Presidential Management Fellows program, a prestigious program that prepares young people to understand and serve in the federal government.

Mustafa Santiago Ali, former EPA Senior Advisor and Assistant Associate Administrator; Stan Meiburg, former Acting Deputy Administrator; and Jennifer Orme-Zavaleta, former Principal Deputy Assistant Administrator for Science, Office of Research and Development, were quoted in The Hill about the firings of probationary employees and the consequences it will have on EPA and the Department of Interior.

Michelle Roos was quoted in Inside Climate News about how grantees are struggling to get updates from EPA as EPA employees are forbidden from talking with outside entities.

EPN was mentioned in WSOC-TV about the estimated amount of federal funding that has been put on pause in North Carolina, specifically from programs for electric school buses, energy affordability programs, and pollution control.

Stan Meiburg, former Acting Deputy Administrator, was a guest on the Often Wrong podcast to discuss how we typically approach environmental disasters and the discourse surrounding them.

Zealan Hoover, former Senior Advisor to the EPA Administrator and Director of Implementation, was quoted in Politico about the firings of probationary EPA employees and how this will slow down Trump’s efforts to fight waste, fraud, and abuse within the federal government.

Stan Meiburg, former Acting Deputy Administrator, was quoted in Politico about a House Republican effort to define EPA’s authority in one bill and the likely bipartisan disagreement the bill will have if brought to the floor.